On Wednesday 15 February 2006 19:05, Rik Tindall wrote: > > Still thinking M$ eh, Rik? > > NO. Time-use: quickest route to GO. Absolutely _NOT_! The quickest way to set up any Linux component is to just set it up, not to re-install the whole shooting match.
In the case of the X server it is self configuring so it's a piece of cake. Log in as root without starting the X-11 server. Put nox on the boot up line as an option. You can edit the line if you are using Grub. From a Virtual Terminal ( i.e. without the X server running ) running as root simply say:- # X -configure This will write a sample configure file to the /root directory, and tell you how to start X using the new config file's name. To test the server, run 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new' So do as you are told: # X -config /root/xorg.conf.new The X server will start and show the stippled grey background, or crash with a very relevant message to the screen and a full log in /var/log/Xorg.0.log Some distributions put a somewhat documented example file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.example For the whole story consult the manual pages. $ man 5 xorg.conf $ man X For nicely printed very comprehensive manual pages:- $ man -t X > X.ps $ gv X.ps $ man 5 -t xorg.conf > xorg.conf.ps $ gv xorg.conf.ps For the total story consult the X-11 server's web site home page and wiki. http://www.x.org/ http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ For this particular problem the log file is telling the truth. Check out the config file section, and make sure the Monitor section is correct. Section "Screen" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" Identifier "Screen0" -- CS
